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Post by heavymetaljess on Sept 17, 2013 19:24:44 GMT -8
...I hope they do more than just the core books and get to the stuff that is really rare, hard to find or just truly valued. The Dark Sun stuff is a great example. Spelljammer is a great example. The settings are what really kept my interest in all these years. The stories and the art was glorious.... and all with all things with such longevity, they would really benefit from some sort of final statement. Some supplements *sort of* contradict each other, others just refer to something that I can't get my hands on anymore. If they made... I don't know, a super deluxe boxed set of any of these. Like a big beast of a box for Dark Sun... less fluff and more meat... even at 100.00 dollars, I would buy that if it meant putting everything together in a one easy spot. They can add more artists... but Brom was so integral in even how they eventually envisioned the world.... he's got to come back too. Yep. This. Dark Sun was so interesting and I'm a huge fan of Brom's art. The updated stuff for 4E lost a lot of the dark aesthetic his art informed. I just can't take such a gritty setting seriously with bright colored, illustrative styling. It worked great for the rest of 4E, but I miss how different the art styles of all the different settings were back in 2E days. Planescape was also beautiful and alien.
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Post by heavymetaljess on Sept 4, 2013 9:32:49 GMT -8
Came here to say this. For instance, two characters are trying to command attention. The high charisma bard can be charming and say the right thing, but the warrior might rely more on her strength and physical presence (like a quiet commander). An attractive, barbarian fighter could then have more presence than both.
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Post by heavymetaljess on Sept 3, 2013 5:47:19 GMT -8
How about a Chinese knock-off Care Bear? Rainbow brite? Rainbow Brite... or Stormy and Skydancer!
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Post by heavymetaljess on Aug 29, 2013 9:04:58 GMT -8
WHO DOESN'T WANT TO PLAY THIS?!
Kill them so super hard!
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Post by heavymetaljess on Aug 26, 2013 7:58:09 GMT -8
Are any of you running a D&D Next adventure? I'm not really interested in the fluff right now. I really would like to know how your games have been going. If you answer with some bullet points that would be great. I am hoping that the playtest "zealot, min-maxers" don't listen to Happy Jacks or participate here. Just want to hear some basic opinions about the game. We're supposed to be playing a dungeon delve sometime soon (no date currently set) with some characters we threw together. We wanted to wait until it had been play tested a while before giving it a go.
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Post by heavymetaljess on Aug 25, 2013 7:07:01 GMT -8
This is awesome. My toy of choice was a black panther stuffed animal that almost looked like a real house cat when it was sitting alone on the bed. Might make a good sneaky, rogue type character.
I'd love to play this game
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Post by heavymetaljess on Aug 23, 2013 4:59:28 GMT -8
No. They really, really don't. Especially considering NONE of those things are crimes (and I mean that in the sense that you used the term, and not the legal sense). And, they don't because they miss the forest for the trees. Just because I think that Bono is a tool, and don't donate to HIS charity, doesn't mean that I'm not donating to ANY charities. If cows didn't want to be eaten they wouldn't be so delicious. You don't see koalas going around getting eaten. You know why? because they taste like shit. And I think it is clear that pigs REALLY want to be eaten. Mmmm... delicious murder.
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Post by heavymetaljess on Aug 22, 2013 9:32:48 GMT -8
In the free-form online RPG community you could always easily spot someone playing a WoD werewolf. They would frequently use stat numbers (which no one cares about in that community) to justify their ridiculous lack of storytelling partnership. It really turned me off to WoD games until I read some of the books and realized it was a player problem and not a system problem.
Always wanted to play Changeling or Hunter, but no one in my town played them. I don't know how I never got involved in a Vampire LARP. I never even knew it was a thing until I heard some "actual vampires" making fun of the girls doing it.
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Post by heavymetaljess on Aug 22, 2013 9:03:05 GMT -8
Chaotic Good Human Ranger/Sorcerer (2nd/2nd Level)
Ability Scores: Strength- 10 Dexterity- 15 Constitution- 14 Intelligence- 15 Wisdom- 17 Charisma- 16
With all the height questions I'm surprised I didn't end up as a short race (although gnome, dwarf, and half-elf were tied for 2nd).
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Post by heavymetaljess on Aug 22, 2013 8:57:43 GMT -8
Do you have to decide if you're going to run a game store for the forces of good or evil when you found it like in old school video game RPGs? Because I really feel like it's that black and white. If only the evil ones knew the cost of their treachery! P.S. Thank you for being an awesome person to your customers. Just to be completely clear... I neither own nor work at my FLGS in any official capacity. You just go there and act like a normal, friendly guy? ... Pics or it didn't happen.
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Post by heavymetaljess on Aug 22, 2013 8:07:40 GMT -8
AWESOME!
Thanks so much for sharing this! I will be emailing him tonight!
I would have loved to be in a RPG game at girl scout camp. There are so many nights when you're physically exhausted from canoeing and hiking and honestly, macrame just isn't that fun for everyone... at least until you're in your 20s.
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Post by heavymetaljess on Aug 22, 2013 5:14:39 GMT -8
Maybe I'm in a different subset since I spend most of my gaming time in a gaming store and it is not uncommon for me to get up from the game table to go talk to a customer that walks in and starts perusing the shelves. I talk to them and see what they are interested in, if they are first timers I almost invariably invite them to a retro d&d game or a Pathfinder Society night or a board game meetup, etc. I introduce them to multiple people in the store to get them feeling welcomed and invited in to our little inner circle of geekdom. Do you have to decide if you're going to run a game store for the forces of good or evil when you found it like in old school video game RPGs? Because I really feel like it's that black and white. If only the evil ones knew the cost of their treachery! P.S. Thank you for being an awesome person to your customers.
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Post by heavymetaljess on Aug 21, 2013 15:51:24 GMT -8
Which means it's on the customers and the retail outlets (which usually play in multiple markets already) to try and bring new dollars into the market. I couldn't agree more. The Books-A-Million in my tiny home town had the roleplaying games and CCG stuff in an area with special displays, WotC cardboard cutouts, and lots of chairs so people just sitting to read would get exposure to hobby games. They also allowed people to play at the store (which we did a couple times). They didn't have competition from a local game store. They just did it so they could make money and it worked. They even had lesser known games like Mouse Guard. If you wanted to find people for a game, you hung out there and asked other people who showed up what they played. It was genius. Big box book stores seem to understand the need to promote something like games. I think it's their drive for that elusive dollar. Which is probably why our small town had a tighter gaming community than Fort Myers which has two game stores. Here they just don't try. I've written in to the show before about how rude they are. I went in again recently to give them a third chance. I was the only person in the store and I wasn't even greeted. That is a TERRIBLE example to show new players. I hope other people don't have the same problem with their local gaming stores.
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Post by heavymetaljess on Aug 15, 2013 3:38:25 GMT -8
I missed out on backing this project and am eagerly awaiting the September release. Did any of you guys that backed get to do Beta testing? Is the software as useful as it appears to be?
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Post by heavymetaljess on Aug 14, 2013 19:07:55 GMT -8
I'm not a computer professional, but I always end up with the unofficial title of "Office Computer Guy". I've seen almost all of that stuff at one time or another and I still do. The one that probably gets me the most is when I'm asked for help and they click off error messages at the speed of light. I can't tell you how many times I've had this conversation. Heck, it's gotten so bad that about half the error messages in our proprietary software actually say to leave that window open and call home office tech support so you can read them the exact wording. The only people worse than pop-up closers are the people I call "big britches." These are the people who think they know how computers work and pass out incorrect data. Somehow, these people always get put on IT projects with me. They then tell people not to worry about doing things the way I explain it -because it isn't that important.- One of my favorites is the mystery person who keeps fucking up our large format plotter settings. One day I'm going to catch her and I'm going to have a ruler ready to beat the shit out of her.
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